More walking around World Youth Day
To follow up on my previous entry, I decided to take another walk around World Youth Day. Unfortunately, this time it wasn’t as productive in terms of random hilarious stuff.
World Youth Day is a lie. First of all, it’s not a day, it’s and entire week. Second, it’s not youth, it’s full of old people as well. I guess the world part is kind of correct. To describe then entire thing in one word: crowded. Seriously, Sydney’s streets isn’t build for such massive crowds.
It took me 10mins just to walk through this 200m stretch of road.
The fact that the guys standing outside of the church simply refused to move out of the way didn’t help.
Sydney city parking: previously extremely difficult, now become impossible.
The flags were everywhere in World Youth Day. Everyone seemed keen to show off their own country and how far they came just to be here. Even Australians. “Hey look, I travelled 5 kilometres to get here, I’m so devoted.” I couldn’t seem to find a single Chinese or Japanese flag. China I can understand. Damn Communist government, but are there really no Catholics in Japan?
Croatia
This guy fashioned his flag from an old fishing pole
Korea!
Some mutation of the Swiss flag?
Anyone know which country this flag is from?
This bus is normally empty
Yes! I found another road block!
Guarding a road block is such tiring work
All you need is spike traps and it will be just like a screenshot from NFS: Most Wanted
This guy seems to be a little out of shape to ride a bike cab
All these people are waiting for the Pope to drive past in his Pope-mobile. I would’ve stayed to bring you a photo os him, but I’m not prepared to stand in the cold for an hour just to see some old man.
These people as so devoted
Unfortunately, I’m not Catholic enough to wait with them
Wow, official WYD lunch, full of divine goodness
Miso Pork. Anyone know if this is even a proper Japanese dish?
18 July, 2008 at 4:13 pm
wooooooooooow, my friend is also at World Youth Day, and it’s a shame I couldn’t go either lols. I’m looking forward to Youth Alive though, and I suppose the day is for Catholics only? I’m Protestant so yeah, but the event sounds really fun. My school gets a day off on Monday since the pope requested it XD
18 July, 2008 at 4:50 pm
I don’t even know why I went. I’m not even religious, but I thought since it’s basically outside my doorstep, I might as well check it out.
18 July, 2008 at 11:35 pm
@Yitza:
Haha, I’d do the same thing if I was living in Sydney!
20 July, 2008 at 5:52 pm
you do realise that just because they have an australian flag, DOESN’T mean they came from sydney -_- (besides from maroubra to the city is already 10km XD)
20 July, 2008 at 11:49 pm
Lol, it was just a humorous jab, but I guess it wasn’t very funny. ==;